Deal Strategy Analyst in United States

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Platform Sales team is a highly consultative, enterprise sales team that is responsible for some of Stripe’s largest and fastest growing partners. Stripe helps software platforms offer more value to their customers by embedding Stripe’s powerful payments technology into their solution. As a Platform Sales Manager, you will play a critical role on our go-to-market leadership bench-- leading a team of AEs to make payments-as-a-service a competitive advantage for high-growth organizations. What you’ll do Drive sales growth through successful leadership, organizational planning, customer service and outstanding execution Oversee the expansion of Stripe’s footprint with global saas platforms Make hiring decisions, honing our ideal candidate profile and onboarding strategy Create structure and focus for GTM ideas and product sales campaigns that the product team is exploring. Drive execution and measurement. Analyze results and make recommendations for action in a timely manner. Define key sales support mechanisms, processes, and programs to meet the rapid growth of the business and achieve revenue attainment and market development objectives Build a world-class organization and write the playbook for the era of monetizing payments on platform Responsibilities Lead a team of sophisticated Existing Business, Platform AEs focused on expanding our global footprint with enterprise SaaS platforms Drive deal strategy and partner across the

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. What you’ll do As an Account Executive, Existing Business, you’ll be managing existing relationships and identifying new opportunities to expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts. Specifically, we’re looking for someone who can execute on long-term sales strategies, engage with internal and external stakeholders, align on technical and business requirements with product teams, build value in competitive situations, lead commercial negotiations, and close deals. Responsibilities Work with existing Stripe customers to develop and execute long-term sales strategies to expand Stripe’s revenue Own the full sales cycle, from business case development, to deal structuring and negotiating, to close Develop account plans and cross sell into your list of strategic customers, driving growth through expansion and new revenue streams Drive deal strategy and commercial negotiations for large, complex renewals Develop relationships with executive stakeholders within your book of business, deeply understanding problems they are solving and helping drive to solutions Be responsible for account mapping and coordinating effective meetings with the appropriate external stakeholders expanding the customer relationship Lead and contribute to team projects to develop and refine our sales process and help shape the Stripe sales culture Who you are We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirem

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. As Vanta continues its push into the enterprise, the Upmarket Account Executive team is at the center of that growth, and this role is the dedicated enablement partner making that motion faster, sharper, and more scalable. As a Sr. Revenue Enablement Manager supporting our Upmarket AE organization, you'll operate as a true strategic thought partner to AE leadership, helping design and build the enablement infrastructure needed to win in complex, enterprise sales environments. This is a high-autonomy role that shapes how Vanta's most strategic sellers learn, grow, and perform. What you’ll do as a Sr. Revenue Enablement Manager at Vanta: Serve as a dedicated strategic partner to Upmarket AE leadership, including directors and frontline managers, to deeply understand the upmarket GTM motion and proactively identify where enablement can drive measurable impact on pipeline and revenue. Build and maintain a suite of high-quality enablement resources, including playbooks, deal strategy frameworks, account planning tools, and competitive positioning guides, that equip AEs to engage and win at the enterprise level. Design and deliver enterprise-grade sales methodology programs, such as MEDDPICC and Command of the Message, and embed them into the day-to-day practices of the Upmarket AE team. Conduct continuous needs assessments, drawing on data from Gong, Salesforce, and direct field observation, to identify capability gaps and prioritize the enablement roadmap accordingly. Partner cross-functionally with Revenue Operations, Product Marketing, Product Management, and Solutions Engineering to ensure Upmarket AEs have timely, high-quality

As a Security Sales Specialist, you'll partner with Enterprise Account Executives to drive adoption of Datadog’s Security platform across key accounts. This is a high-impact role focused on positioning our Security solutions (Cloud SIEM, Cloud Workload Security, CSPM, and more) into new and existing customers—expanding our footprint and helping customers modernize their security stack in the cloud. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for Datadog Security products across a targeted account patch Collaborate closely with Enterprise AEs to support net new logo acquisition and expansion in strategic accounts Own and drive the security sales cycle from discovery to technical close, working closely with Sales Engineers Evangelize Datadog’s security story to security leaders (CISO, Security Architects, SecOps) Work cross-functionally with Datadog's partner, channel, and alliance teams to drive joint go-to-market motions Co-sell effectively with AEs and partners, contributing to deal strategy, solution alignment, and stakeholder engagement Stay informed on security trends and competitive offerings to differentiate Datadog Who You Are: Proven success selling into security buyers (CISO, SecOps, GRC, etc.) Experience co-selling in a matrixed environment, supporting or partnering with AEs and cross-functional teams Strong understanding of the partner/channel sales model, including how to navigate and influence joint selling motions Familiarity with modern security solutions such as SIEM, CSPM, CWPP, container/Kubernetes security Ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, partners, and customer technical teams Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet al

As a Security Sales Specialist, you'll partner with Enterprise Account Executives to drive adoption of Datadog’s Security platform across key accounts. This is a high-impact role focused on positioning our Security solutions (Cloud SIEM, Cloud Workload Security, CSPM, and more) into new and existing customers—expanding our footprint and helping customers modernize their security stack in the cloud. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for Datadog Security products across a targeted account patch Collaborate closely with Enterprise AEs to support net new logo acquisition and expansion in strategic accounts Own and drive the security sales cycle from discovery to technical close, working closely with Sales Engineers Evangelize Datadog’s security story to security leaders (CISO, Security Architects, SecOps) Work cross-functionally with Datadog's partner, channel, and alliance teams to drive joint go-to-market motions Co-sell effectively with AEs and partners, contributing to deal strategy, solution alignment, and stakeholder engagement Stay informed on security trends and competitive offerings to differentiate Datadog Who You Are: Proven success selling into security buyers (CISO, SecOps, GRC, etc.) Experience co-selling in a matrixed environment, supporting or partnering with AEs and cross-functional teams Strong understanding of the partner/channel sales model, including how to navigate and influence joint selling motions Familiarity with modern security solutions such as SIEM, CSPM, CWPP, container/Kubernetes security Ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, partners, and customer technical teams Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet al

About Ema Ema is building the world’s leading Agentic AI platform to transform enterprise productivity. We enable organizations to delegate repetitive tasks to Ema, the Universal AI Employee, delivering 10x gains in workforce efficiency, across functions. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production — we ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. Role Overview We are seeking a seasoned AI Strategist to lead strategic enterprise accounts and play a pivotal role in shaping high-impact AI engagements. This role will work closely with our Executive Leadership Team, providing leverage on our most important deals and helping drive transformative AI adoption across major enterprises. The ideal candidate has previously served as a Senior Engagement Manager (or equivalent) at a top-tier consulting firm such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or comparable management consulting firms, and is familiar with complex enterprise sales motions. You must be comfortable engaging at C-level, shaping AI strategy for customers, and partnering cross-functionally to orchestrate successful outcomes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Account Leadership Own and drive AI strategy for high-value enterprise accounts Partner with executive sponsors, customer success, solution engineering, and product to deliver winning AI solutions. Act as the strategic advisor to client leadership, helping define AI transformation roadmaps and business cases. Deal Strategy & Executive Leverage Work closely with the CEO, CRO, and broader leadership team to influence deal strategy

We're looking for a Senior Operations Director for Revenue & Services who will serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Commercial Officer, Professional Services leadership and other senior leaders. This role will shape how Professional Services operates, scales, forecasts, and performs, while driving alignment across Operations, Revenue, Sales and Finance. This role will connect services to broader business strategy, with a focus on cross-functional alignment, profitable growth and corporate results. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Shape and evolve the operating model for Revenue and Services, includingProfessional Services to enable scalable, predictable and profitable growth: forecasting methodology, capacity planning, utilization and margin management, and delivery-to-revenue alignment Set the strategic roadmap for services operations and operating infrastructure, including systems architecture (resource management, CRM integration, financial systems, data and reporting) and where to invest next Act as the strategic partner to Professional Services leaders translating business strategy and operating plans into performance targets. Represent services performance directly to executive leadership and the board Partner with President, Chief Commercial Officer, Finance leaders to evaluate profitable and growth opportunities, operating leverage, organizational capabilities, technologies and external partnerships. Lead deal desk strategy for services and deal governance, including pricing frameworks, SOW structuring, and margin guardrails, in partnership with Sales and Legal Partner in quarterly and annual planning for services capacity and revenue targets, and defend the plan directly to Finance and executive leadership Establish and drive a consistent operating cadence and process framework, including KPIs, business reviews, planning, forecasting, and reporting across the full customer lifecycle, identifying where PS operations should own versus influence

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI and supporting OpenAI’s growth. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role As a Senior Corporate Counsel, M&A, you will support and lead mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, warrants, infrastructure financings and other corporate transactions through the full lifecycle and provide strategic advice to the business on a broad range of transactional matters. This is a unique opportunity to be directly involved in the forefront of the legal and technology field. This role will work closely with our Corporate Development, Finance, Product & Research, People, and other teams and report to our Deputy General Counsel, M&A, Investments and Strategic Transactions. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions through the full lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, deal structuring, negotiation, due diligence, and execution Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, including definitive agreements, letters of intent, and ancillary documents. Provide strategic advice to the corporate development team, senior management and other internal stakeholders regarding transactions and M&A strategy and deal execution. Work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams across the company, including on post-transaction and integration matters. Support the corporate legal team on a broad range of corporate matters, including financings, liquidity events,

About the Team The Corporate Development team sits at the intersection of OpenAI’s strategy and the global AI ecosystem. Partnering closely with engineering, product, and business leaders, we analyze markets, technologies, and companies to identify opportunities that accelerate OpenAI’s mission and long-term strategy. Bringing together expertise in strategy, M&A, and integration, the team leads the end-to-end process of sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and integrating acquisitions and other strategic transactions. About the Role The Corporate Development Deal Lead will own high-priority M&A and strategic transaction work from early evaluation through diligence, structuring, negotiation, approval, and close. This person will translate strategic priorities and market insight into actionable deal opportunities, build the business case for transactions, and drive cross-functional alignment with senior stakeholders. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who can combine strategic judgment, financial rigor, founder relationship-building, and crisp execution. The ideal candidate can lead complex transactions, partner well with executive stakeholders, and help build the AI-native systems, tools, and operating practices that allow Corp Dev to scale. This role is based in our San Francisco HQ. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Lead end-to-end execution of corporate development transactions (e.g., acquisitions and strategic investments), including sourcing, diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, and closing. Track and interpret key trends across AI, technology, and adjacent industries, translating the competitive and startup landscape into clear, high-impact insights for OpenAI’s leadership. Proactively source acquisition and other opportunities by building deep relationships across the venture, startup, and incubator ecosystem. Partner closely wi

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. As a Senior GTM Strategy & Operations Manager at Vanta, you'll combine hands-on operational ownership with strategic problem solving to help shape the future of our Partner business. The GTM Strategy & Operations team partners with Sales and Channel leadership to design the processes, systems, governance, and insights that enable predictable, scalable revenue growth. We're building the operational infrastructure that helps our go-to-market teams move faster today while positioning the business to scale tomorrow. In this role, you'll start by owning key day-to-day Channel Operations to develop a deep understanding of the business. From there, you'll partner closely with Channel leadership and GTM Operations to identify opportunities, lead cross-functional initiatives, and build scalable solutions that improve the partner experience, simplify how we operate, and support Vanta's long-term growth. What you’ll do as a Senior GTM Strategy & Operations Manager at Vanta: Become the operational backbone for Vanta's Partner business by owning core day-to-day Channel Operations while developing a deep understanding of our GTM motion, systems, and partner ecosystem. Partner closely with Channel leadership, GTM Operations, Business Systems, Finance, and Marketing to evolve Vanta's long-term Channel operating model and operational strategy. Lead high-impact strategic initiatives across the partner ecosystem, including partner programs, deal registration, partner attribution, Rules of Engagement, pricing strategy, territory and account governance, and partner lifecycle management. Design and implement scalable processes, governanc

Upwork Inc.’s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at upwork.com and follow on LinkedIn , Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , and X ; and learn more about Lifted at go-lifted.com and follow on LinkedIn . We are seeking a Senior Director of Corporate Development who is passionate about M&A, investments and shaping the long-term strategy of a category-defining company. This senior role will help set, influence and implement inorganic growth opportunities through creative idea generation and disciplined execution, lead and manage the full deal lifecycle—identifying, evaluating and structuring M&A and investments as well as integrating acquisitions—and partner closely with the executive team to ensure each transaction can unlock innovation, accelerate growth and drive long-term shareholder value. This role

Our Director, Enterprise Sales will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for a team of Enterprise Sales Executives who are responsible for driving new business through the full sales cycle. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Manage, hire, train and ramp a team of Enterprise Sales Executives responsible for new and expansion bookings Achieve annual Enterprise bookings quota with monthly and quarterly targets Develop and manage Enterprise Sales Executives on productivity metrics such as deal size, win rate, and forecast accuracy as well as how to lead a customer through a proactive sales cycle Coach Sales Executives through building executive relationships with Named Enterprise accounts in their territories and through complex Enterprise deals and negotiations Shape the direction of the go-to market strategy and execution for your region Work collaboratively with Marketing, Product and Success to build targeted messaging and collateral, and mapping a customer journey for the specific business needs of your region Conduct weekly forecast meetings Support direct reports by participating and leading in client and prospect meetings. Engaging other corporate resources as required Who You Are: Experienced in managing a high performing Enterprise Sales team for a B2B technology company A strong relationship builder with 5+ years of overall Enterprise sales experience working with Fortune 1000 companies Confident in managing complex sales processes with multiple stakeholders and negotiations with pricing based on business value, legal and procurement Knowledgeable in selling to C-level executives in the IT space Experienced in setting quotas and managing people against those quotas Passionate about coaching others w

About the Team The Strategic Finance team partners across OpenAI to turn company strategy into financial decisions, helping allocate resources and steer the business toward its highest-impact long-term outcomes. Within Strategic Finance, the B2B Product Finance team owns the financial perspective on growth across OpenAI’s B2B portfolio. We connect monetization and customer economics with compute demand, capacity, margin, and resource planning, partnering closely with Product, GTM, Strategic Deal Desk, Compute Finance, Capacity Planning, Data, Accounting, and other Finance teams. About the Role We are hiring a Strategic Finance leader for B2B Product to build the 0→1 financial foundations and decision-making frameworks that will help OpenAI scale its B2B business sustainably. You will own high-impact work across B2B monetization, compute demand modeling, enterprise deal economics, contribution margin, and more. This is a portfolio-wide individual contributor role spanning our API Platform and other B2B products. You will connect customer demand and commercial terms to revenue, compute consumption, and margin outcomes; influence some of our largest enterprise deals; and help leadership make sound growth investment, compute capacity, and resource allocation decisions. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. In this role, you will: Own an integrated view of B2B monetization and product economics across the API Platform and other B2B products – including pricing, packaging, channel and usage mix, discounts, credits, commitments, revenue, and customer profitability Build, maintain, and improve complex driver-based financial models that connect customer usage, product and model mix, pricing, discounting, credits, commitments, and contribution margin Build financial views for B2B compute demand and margin planning; identify risks and opportunities, explain key drivers, and recommend capacity and resourcing decisions that improve portfolio economics Evaluate some of OpenAI’

As a Director, Enterprise Sales Engineering, you will lead a team of frontline leaders, driving account strategy, deal execution, operational excellence, and team development across your region. This is a strategic leadership role with regional impact within North America. You will act as a force multiplier by owning team and region performance, shaping execution standards, and partnering closely with Sales leadership to influence go to market strategy, improve outcomes, and scale impact beyond individual deals. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Own in-field execution at a regional level by taking an executive presence role in strategic and high-impact opportunities and providing senior-level stakeholder alignment and technical credibility alongside your team. Develop and operationalize a repeatable formula and methodology that can scale across a large customer base, enabling Datadog to accelerate enterprise growth by illustrating to customers how Datadog’s observability and security solutions quickly, simply, and efficiently deliver measurable business outcomes especially in a world increasingly dominated by Agentic AI. Partner confidently with senior Sales leadership on regional strategy, multi-quarter planning, annual capacity planning, and forecast alignment operating 2-3 quarters ahead to anticipate resourcing needs and business priorities. Oversee consistent, high-quality delivery across technical sales cycles in the region, including evaluations, customer engagements, and deal progression. Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineering leaders, driving performance, engagement, and long-term career growth through regular feedback and structured development. Hire and onboard top talent across ICs and manager-lev

As a Director, Enterprise Sales Engineering, you will lead a team of frontline leaders, driving account strategy, deal execution, operational excellence, and team development across your region. This is a strategic leadership role with regional impact within North America. You will act as a force multiplier by owning team and region performance, shaping execution standards, and partnering closely with Sales leadership to influence go to market strategy, improve outcomes, and scale impact beyond individual deals. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Own in-field execution at a regional level by taking an executive presence role in strategic and high-impact opportunities and providing senior-level stakeholder alignment and technical credibility alongside your team. Develop and operationalize a repeatable formula and methodology that can scale across a large customer base, enabling Datadog to accelerate enterprise growth by illustrating to customers how Datadog’s observability and security solutions quickly, simply, and efficiently deliver measurable business outcomes especially in a world increasingly dominated by Agentic AI. Partner confidently with senior Sales leadership on regional strategy, multi-quarter planning, annual capacity planning, and forecast alignment operating 2-3 quarters ahead to anticipate resourcing needs and business priorities. Oversee consistent, high-quality delivery across technical sales cycles in the region, including evaluations, customer engagements, and deal progression. Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineering leaders, driving performance, engagement, and long-term career growth through regular feedback and structured development. Hire and onboard top talent across ICs and manager-lev